Dr. Amir Hossein Sadaghiani (1 January 1903 – 1 December 1982) was an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian football

Football (soccer)

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 player and manager. He was a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 during his playing career and afterwards was Iran national football team

Iran national football team

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's head coach from 1941 till 1950.

Club career

Dr. Sadaghiani is the first ever Iranian soccer player to play abroad in a European league. He played for youth teams of Fenerbahce and Rapid Wien then returned to Iran and established Ferdowsi Club

Ferdowsi Club

Ferdowsi Club was an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Iran. It was the first football club that was established in Khorasan. It was founded by Hossein Sadaghiani who played for the club for one season 1924-1925...

 in Mashhad

Mashhad

Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...

, but his stay was short, returned to Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 a year later.

At 26, he moved Europe to study in Belgium. He arrived at the Université du travail de Charleroi in 1929. He joined CS Marchienne-Monceau, a provincial second division team. He proved to be a very gifted player so he made his mark in Belgium's First Division playing for R. Charleroi S.C.

R. Charleroi S.C.

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season...

 for three successful seasons.

In the 1930s, his premature baldness earned him the nickname of “Panne de verre”, a wallon folkore expression used for bald people.

After Charleroi, he moved to Turkey for a year with Fenerbahce then back to Belgium where he played in Division III and IV. In 1936 he left Belgium and finished his football career with Toofan in Tehran.

National career

Although Sadaghiani never played for Iranian national team as it didn't get created until 1941, he has 4 caps to his name when in 1926 he played for a Tehran XI team that traveled to Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

, USSR. Tehran XI lost three games and drew one.

Managerial career

• Head Coach of Iran national football team
  Iran national football team
  The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...
  
  1941-1950
• Head Coach of University of Tehran's Soccer Team 1945-1964